Spook

Images were taken today on a walk through the neighborhood with my new Birthday present. I love Halloween!

Website!

I've finally created a website! It's very green at the moment so the kinks haven't been fully worked out. For instants, I'm having some domain name issues and the website's color interface seems to have desaturated my images terriably.:/ Nevertheless, I'm excited and I hope to have it finished shortly. If anyone has any advice on how to better the site please let me know! :)

Here is the site

I Didn't See It Coming- The Look Away Series

Belle and Sebastian- I Didn't See It Coming

The Girl Who Loved A Polar Bear

Thursday- Old Reads

I've been feeling a little under the weather recently. And so when I'm not working I have been hiding under the covers and rereading childhood novels. Has anyone else ever read The Blue Sword? I first read it when I was ten or so and since then every few years I find myself picking it up again and enjoying it just as much.

The World Through Green Eyes- The Home Issue

A few of my images have ended up in TWTGE's Home issue. For a while now I have followed TWTGE'S tumblr so it wonderful to be featured in their latest zine!

Jerome- Green Shades

Jerome (The Lost Session)- Lykke Li I really can't explain why I adore this song so much but it might also be because my boyfriends saint's name is Jerome. Images taken over the summer in Jeff's great grandmother's house. (forgive the second image's blurry nature- my film speed was way too low for indoors)

Frankenmoose!

Have you ever heard of Frankenmoose? And no surprisingly he's not an urban legend, he's real (well kinda)! 

I have worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences here in Philadelphia for quite a while so over time I've picked up many facts about this strange museum. A museum that just so happens to be the oldest natural science institution in the new world! 

For one thing, many of the amazing taxidermy in the dioramas are filled with a form of arsenic. This was done during the early 20th Century- at the time this was a popular way to ensure the longevity of the animal's fur and was an institutional norm. Nowadays its a strange oddity and a good way to get small children to stop banging on the glass. I mean, nothing stops misbehavior like the threat of poison. :) Anyway, the moose (pictured above) is the king of the North American Hall and center of the exhibit. But during the 1930, when the diorama was being built, the moose that was shot in Alaska and brought to the Museum was not quite impressive enough for a few of the board members (He was a large moose with teeny weeny antlers). Well a museum as important as the Academy couldn't have tiny moose antlers! Especially, when a bit of a competition had broken out between the Museum and New York's American Museum of Natural History. Subsequently, another hunt party was sent out and ultimately they ended up with a smaller moose who was well endowed with "large antlers". Later, the 2nd Moose's antlers were placed on the first one bring us the beloved Frankenmoose! 

Above is one of my photographs of the Frankenmoose. The kids I taught over the summer at the museum adored this story and it just adds to the many amazing things to be discovered while hanging out in this awesome museum (can you tell I love this place) :D

North To The Hills

A small collaboration with Kayla while hiking the hills in north England. We would stop for short moments to take cig breaks between the heavy rocks (I know, we're not the healthiest hikers). Autumn has long been my favorite time of year- especially with my Birthday only a month away- I'm looking forward to warm tea in the morning while peering out frosty windows. :)